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Jessica's Law is the informal name given to a 2005 Florida law, as well as laws in several other states, designed to protect potential victims and reduce a sexual offender's ability to re-offend which includes a mandatory minimum sentence of 25 years in prison and lifetime electronic monitoring when the victim is less than 12 years old.
Proposition 83 of 2006 (also known as the Sexual Predator Punishment and Control Act: Jessica's Law or simply, Jessica's Law) was a statute enacted by 70% of California voters on November 7, 2006, authored by State Senator George Runner (R-Antelope Valley) and State Assemblywoman Sharon Runner (R-Antelope Valley).
Nine-year-old Jessica Lunsford disappeared in the night on February 24, 2005, from her home in Homosassa, Florida.After approximately three weeks of intense searching for her around the area of her home, John Evander Couey was arrested in Savannah, Georgia, for an outstanding warrant of cannabis possession, but was released after questioning because it was only a local warrant. [1]
The law, enacted as part of the Federal Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, requires states to form registries of offenders convicted of sexually violent offenses or offenses against children, and to form more rigorous registration requirements for sex offenders. States must also verify the addresses of sex offenders annually ...
On December 9, 2013, a Michigan House of Representatives Bill was announced titled the Jessica Heeringa act, or alternatively Jessica's Law (officially known as House Bill 4123). [41] It was requested by Heeringa's parents, introduced by Representative Collene Lamonte and community member Sharron Pennell and sponsored by Marcia Hovey-Wright and ...
The Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act [1] is a federal statute that was signed into law by U.S. President George W. Bush on July 27, 2006. The Walsh Act organizes sex offenders into three tiers according to the crime committed, and mandates that Tier 3 offenders (the most serious tier) update their whereabouts every three months with lifetime registration requirements.
Jessica's Law, a Florida law to punish child predators Iscah , daughter of Haran in the Bible (Genesis 11:27, 29), speculated to be the source of the name 'Jessica' Jessicka (born 1975), American musician
Lucy's Law; Malin's Act (the Married Women's Reversionary Interests Act 1857 (20 & 21 Vict c 57)) Palmer's Act; Peel's Acts; Poynings' Law (disambiguation) Preston's Act (55 Geo 3 c 192) (1815) Sarah's Law (officially the Child Sex Offender Disclosure Scheme) Sophia Naturalization Act 1705; Strode's Act; The Thellusson Act